UNSPSC 90101605: Food service for transportation operators

UNSPSC 90101605 Food service for transportation operators is a Commodity code covering the supply and operation of food and beverage vending machines, concessions, catering, and restaurant services across airports, transit facilities, parks, recreation centers, schools, and state-owned venues. State and local governments procure this code to feed employees, visitors, and customers at public facilities through a mix of revenue-sharing concession agreements, fixed-fee contracts, and requirements-based catering for events and programs. Recent opportunities show both airport vending (automated machines in sterile areas), state-park restaurant operations with percentage-of-gross-receipts compensation, city recreation-center concessions with monthly revenue splits, school district food services for students and events, and senior congregate meal programs funded through aging-services grants. Issuing bodies span state departments (Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Texas Workforce Commission, Colorado Department of Human Services), county governments (Orange County California, Collier County Florida, Pasco County Florida), cities (Philadelphia, Olathe, Cincinnati, McKinney Texas), independent school districts (Northside ISD San Antonio, Dallas ISD, Katy ISD), and higher-education institutions (University of Houston, University of Georgia, Kennesaw State University, Umpqua Community College). No single buyer dominates; vending and concessions are distributed across dozens of small and mid-sized procurements.

Activity concentrates in Texas (McKinney airport vending, Texas Workforce Commission multi-location vending across eight cities, Katy ISD and Dallas ISD supplemental catering, Integral Care conference catering in Austin), Florida (Tampa Convention Center food service, Collier County emergency catering and marina concessions, Pasco County senior meals), and California (Orange County vending across 40 locations with 5% OCLSB and DVBE preference, San Mateo County seasonal food trucks), with secondary activity in Illinois (Cave-In-Rock Lodge restaurant and Alabama Beach Lodge concession amendments), Wisconsin (Yellowstone Lake concessions), Ohio (Cuyahoga County workshop catering, Cincinnati DPS vending), Georgia (Henry County recreation-center concessions, Kennesaw State catering, University of Georgia Smash Burger), Colorado (Boulder County Head Start meals, Colorado Mental Health Hospital beverage and chemicals), and other states. Representative recent opportunities include the City of McKinney, Texas RFP 2638 for Airport Automated Vending Machine Concession Services (due August 13, 2026) covering three post-security and two pre-security vending machines at the new commercial terminal; the Illinois Department of Natural Resources IFB B-52606 for Cave-In-Rock Lodge Concession (due August 11, 2026) seeking year-round restaurant operations and seasonal cabin services with compensation at 10 percent minimum of gross receipts; Orange County California IFB-017-3016702-JC for Vending Machines and Services across 40 locations (due July 8, 2026, closed) with 20–25 percent tiered commissions on sales and OCLSB/DVBE preference deductions up to 8 percent; the Texas Workforce Commission RFP 3202600180 for beverage and snack vending across eight locations (due July 27, 2026) with weighted commission pricing and estimated values from $5,773 to $451,309 per location; and the Pasco County Florida RFP-LK-26-045 for senior congregate and home-delivered meals (due June 9, 2026) with three-year terms and estimated annual volumes of 250 hot congregate meals daily plus 750 frozen meals daily. Revenue-sharing and cost-reimbursement models dominate; most awards tie vendor compensation to sales performance or specify percentage-of-gross-receipts splits rather than fixed fees.